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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 64-3 (2026)

Nonresident aliens' rights of inheritance

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No alien residing outside the United States or its territories shall be entitled to take personal property located in this State by succession or testamentary disposition if the laws of the nation of which such alien is a resident prohibit residents of the United States from inheriting personal property located within that nation. Except as hereinabove provided, no alien shall, by reason of his citizenship or place of residence, be disqualified from inheriting property in this State. (1959, c. 1208; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 797, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1972–1972 · leading case: In Re Johnston, 190 S.E.2d 879 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972).
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In Re Johnston, 190 S.E.2d 879 (N.C. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 10× “G.S. 64-3 is restrictive *41 of the right of a nonresident alien to inherit property in that it requires the existence of reciprocal rights.”
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